A Dutch-diamond-engraved dated calligraphic Berkemeier

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THE ALBRECHT NICOLAAS BARON DE VOS VAN STEENWIJK GLASS COLLECTION Albrecht Nicolaas Baron de Vos van Steenwijk, born in 1847, was a prominent lawyer and magistrate who married Jacoba de Bas in 1879. Her father Hendrik de Bas, a notary in Zutphen, was a member of a local Society of Glass Collectors and an active collector. After Hendrik's death in 1881, the couple inherited his collection. This formed the core of the collection of Albrecht Nicolaas who then started collecting from 1882 onwards until his death in 1903. Albrecht Nicolaas' style of collecting was typical of the second half of the 19th century, comparable to other prominent Dutch glass collections such as those of Abraham Willet, David Henriques de Castro and Adriaan J. Enschedé. This style not only reflected nationalistic interest in the Dutch Golden Age but also with strong emphasis on themed glass. Seventeen years after the death of Albrecht Nicolaas, his widow Baroness J.J.A. de Vos van Steenwijk- de Bas (1853-1929) loaned the collection out to the Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, which was located in the town where she resided. This long-term loan act was officially signed by her and August van Erven Dorens, Director of the Gemeentemuseum Arnhem on the 6th of April 1920. In 1995 the collection was moved to the Historisch Museum Arnhem or H.M.A. and displayed in a more appropriate period setting. The loan agreement for The Albrecht Nicolaas Baron de Vos van Steenwijk glass collection, formed with 160 objects (approximately 45 of the total glass inventory of the Historisch Museum Arnhem) was finally terminated in January 2007. BIBLIOGRAPHY Masterpieces, 1968 Masterpieces of Glass, London, 1968 Braat, 1962 W.C. Braat, Collections de Verres des Pays-Bas, Bulletin des Journées Int. du Verre, 1962 Bickerton, 1986 L.M. Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English drinking Glasses, Woodbridge, 1986 Baumgärtner, 1987 S. Baumgärtner, Glaskunst vom Mittelalter ..etc., Bremen, 1987 Liefkes, 1988 R. Liefkes, 'De glascollectie', Antiek, 23, 1988 Haase, 1988 G. Haase, Sächsisches Glas, Leipzig, 1988 Liefkes, 1989 R. Liefkes, Glaswerk uit drie Utrechtse Kastelen etc., Oud Zuilen 19, 1989 Schadee, 1989 N.I. Schadee, Met rad en diamant, Rotterdam, 1989 Smit, 1992 F.G.A.M. Smit, A concise catalogue ..of wine glasses..by Jacob Sang, Peterborough, 1992 Smit, 1993 F.G.A.M. Smit, Uniquely Dutch eighteenth century stipple-engravings etc., Peterborough, 1993 Ritsema van Eck & Zijlsta-Zweens, 1993 P.C. Ritsema van Eck & H.M. Zijlstra-Zweens, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Volume I, Zwolle, 1993 Henkes, 1994 H.E. Henkes, Glas zonder Glans..etc, Rotterdam, 1994 Smit, 1994 F.G.A.M. Smit, A concise catalogue of European line-engraved glassware, Peterborough, 1994 Laméris, 1994 A. Laméris, Pur Sang, een onderzoek ..naar de stijl van Jacob Sang, Amsterdam, 1994 Theuerkauff-Liederwald, 1994 A.E. Theuerkauff-Liederwald, Venezianisches Glas ..der Veste Coburg Lingen, 1994 Ritsema van Eck, 1995 P.C. Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Volume II, Zwolle, 1995 Laméris, 1996 A. Laméris, 'Jacob Sang, glasgraveur', Vormen uit Vuur, 1996, no. 157. Vreeken, 1998 H. Vreeken, Glas in the Amsterdams Historisch Museum etc.,Zwolle, 1998 Laméris, 1998 A. Laméris, 'De Amsterdamse glasgraveur Jacob Sang' in H. Vreeken, 1998. Duysters, 2002 K. Duysters, Facetten van Glas - De Glascollectie van het Historisch Museum Arnhem , Arnhem, 2002

A Dutch-diamond-engraved dated calligraphic Berkemeier

1625, THE GLASS GERMANY OR THE NETHERLANDS

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A Dutch-diamond-engraved dated calligraphic Berkemeier
1625, THE GLASS GERMANY OR THE NETHERLANDS
Of light green tint, the generous funnel-shaped bowl with the inscription Adams. Rib. en Wÿn gats nat Mackt mÿn Blyde Daer ick drouich Sat Anno 1625 'Adam's rib and wine make me merry because i was without Anno 1625', above a thread, the hollow cylindrical stem applied with four rows of six prunts, kick-in base, short coiled foot
14.3 cm. high

Literature

Braat, 1962, I, pp. 13-51.
Smit, 1994, p. 37 no. 92.1.
Duysters, 2002, p. 40 no.1.

Exhibited

H.M.A., inv. no. VS 177.

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Please note the Berkemeier has a small stress crack (ca. 2 cm.) to the kick-in base.

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